the fiscal cliff. done right this will not only save money but countless lives as well. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from new york, ms. hayworth, for five minutes. ms. hayworth: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, all work in congress during these final weeks of 2012 is focused on the fiscal cliff. we're worried and rightly so about what it means to our economy, to our future, to the daily lives right now of hardworking americans who are in all too many cases already struggling to make ends meet. like the mother in carmel, new york, who told me their kids are going to have to limit their sports activities because she's finding trouble to find gas money to fill her tank a week. i helped her mom who is doing all she can just to get by. she cares for her family. she has a job, and she's a taxpayer. she's in the middle class, and she's being squeezed from all sides. and she knows that even though she has to set and keep a budget, the federal government hasn't been able to